War on Music - Reclaiming the Twentieth Century

In a book of reconciliation and remembrance, John Mauceri uses a lifetime of experience to answer the question "Why, seventy-five years after the end of World War II, do we still not play the music Hitler banned?'

About the author

John Mauceri is a world-renowned conductor and musical scholar. He has conducted most of the world's greatest orchestras and opera companies and served on the Yale University faculty for fifteen years, and is the former chancellor of the UNC School of the Arts.

Summary

A fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers

Product details

• Authors: John Mauceri
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780300233704
• ISBN: 978-0-300-23370-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / History & Criticism, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Music reviews & criticism, General and world history, Music reviews and criticism, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music